Westward Expansion

By hannah.robinson

  • Mexico wins independence from Spain

  • The Erie Canal is opened

  • The Indian Removal Act is passed

  • Worcester v. Georgia

  • The Texas Rebellion begins

  • Treaty of New Echota is signed

  • The Alamo is taken by Mexican troops

  • John Tyler's Treaty proposing the Annexation of Texas is defeated in the Senate

  • Congress passes a measure to Annex Texas

  • Texas convention votes to accept annexation

  • Texas is admitted to the Union

  • Polk receives word that Mexican forces have ambushed two American companies

  • The Donner Party is snowbound

  • Gold is discovered in California

  • The Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo is signed

  • California is admitted to the Union

  • The first transcontinental railroad is completed

  • The Battle of Little Bighorn

  • The Dawes Severalty Act is passed

  • The Massacre at Wounded Knee

  • Arizona is admitted to the Union